Andreas von Weizsäcker

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Andreas von Weizsäcker before rubbing trees himself (Mainz 2006)

Andreas Freiherr von Weizsäcker (born June 25, 1956 in Essen , † June 13, 2008 in Gauting ) was a German sculptor and university professor .

Life

From Weizsäcker's work Hangover , installed in 1991 under Raschplatz -Hochstrasse in Hanover.

Andreas von Weizsäcker comes from the Palatinate - Württemberg family Weizsäcker . He was the second son of the former German President Richard von Weizsäcker and his wife Marianne , nee. from Kretschmann. He was the brother of Robert K. von Weizsäcker , Beatrice von Weizsäcker and Fritz von Weizsäcker . In contrast to many other members of the Weizsäcker family, he initially embarked on a non-academic career: while completing his Abitur at the Odenwald School, he learned the trade of construction and furniture carpenter , where he passed the journeyman's examination in 1976. During his time at the Odenwald School, he lived in the living group (“family”) of the pedagogical criminal school principal Gerold Becker , who is considered the main culprit in the abuse scandal at the Odenwald School . From 1977 Andreas von Weizsäcker worked as a stage carpenter for Westdeutscher Rundfunk in Cologne.

In 1978 he got involved with the German Development Service in Thailand. In the same year he was diagnosed with cancer for the first time: malignant lymphoma . The subsequent therapy seemed successful, and in 1979 he was able to start studying sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. a. with Professors Robert Jacobsen , Hubertus von Pilgrim and Eduardo Paolozzi , which he graduated with a diploma.

From 1984 to 1990 he worked as an assistant at the chair for free sculpture with Paolozzi, parallel to this from 1986 to 1989 a teaching position for paper and free sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. In 1988 he received a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service a . a. in New York and San Francisco.

This was followed by visiting professorships at the International Summer Academy for Fine Arts Salzburg in the fields of sculpture, paper and recycling and from 1993 to 1995 a collaboration with the artist Beate Passow on her project Wounds of Memory . In 2001 he received a professorship for artistic paper formation at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. In 2007 he was appointed Vice Rector of the Academy, whose presidency he was to take up in 2010. Andreas von Weizsäcker was a member of the German Association of Artists .

On June 13, 2008, he died of lymphoma in Gauting at the age of 51 and was buried in the cemetery in Wackersberg . He was married to the artist Sabrina Hohmann. The marriage remained childless.

Works

Web links

Commons : Andreas von Weizsäcker  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Art in the City. 5: Between Georgsplatz and Andreaeplatz. , Leaflet from the cultural office, City of Hanover. Editors: Anneke Schepke, Mona Windmann. Text: Thomas Kaestle. Hanover, 2010. Download from hannover.de
  2. ^ ZEIT ONLINE: Weizsäcker takes a stand. March 28, 2010, accessed January 21, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Volker Zastrow: Hansel hunt at the Odenwald school. Retrieved January 21, 2018 .
  4. ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Ordinary members of the German Association of Artists since it was founded in 1903 / Weizsäcker, Andreas von ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on April 11, 2017)
  5. ↑ Book information on "Andreas von Weizsäcker: work monographs and catalog raisonné". Modern art publishing house, accessed January 19, 2017 .
  6. ↑ sabrinahohmann.de
personal data
SURNAME Weizsäcker, Andreas von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weizsäcker, Andreas Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH June 25, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH eat
DATE OF DEATH June 13, 2008
Place of death Gauting